The Cátedra was created within the University of Valencia, meaning that the education and training of new researchers plays a significant part in the centre’s activities. Since it was created, courses, seminars and conferences have been organised both at the University of Valencia and at outside universities and institutions.
Workshops, conferences and seminars
The Cátedra has organised workshops, conferences and forums on various themes to exchange knowledge of the history of transport and public works. These have included two workshops in 2013 and 2017, entitled Workshop de estudios interdisciplinares en la historia de la obra pública [Interdisciplinary studies workshop on the history of public works] and dedicated to ‘Photography and public works’ (Fotografía y obra pública) and ‘Engineering and the city’ (Ingeniería y ciudad) respectively. Other highlights include the two conferences organised in Alicante and Valencia in 2014, entitled ‘30 años construyendo puentes. Técnica e innovación’ [30 years building bridges. Technique and innovation], and other, earlier events, such as the 2005 and 2006 conferences on science and technical museums and Alicante’s metropolitan transport.
- IV Workshop «Germanías (1519-1523) e infraestructuras: concomitancias». 29 October 2021. València. School of Geography and History, UV.
See conference - III Workshop «Arcos y conductos: aportaciones a la historia de la ingeniería hidráulica». 16 and 17 April 2019. València. Museu de la Ciutat de València.
See conference - II Workshop «Ingeniería y ciudad». 21 November 2017. Valencia. School of Geography and History, UV.
See conference - Conference Generalitat Valenciana: 30 años construyendo puentes. Técnica e innovación. 25 September (Valencia. ETSICCP-UPV) and 4 December 2014 (Alicante. UA).
See conference - I Workshop «Fotografía y obra pública». 26 November 2013. Valencia. School of Geography and History, UV.
See conference - Conference Historia del transporte urbano y metropolitano. De la diligencia al tram. 6 and 7 November 2006. Alicante. University of Alicante - MUA
Download leaflet - Expert forum: Museos para la ciencia, la técnica, la industria y el transporte. 17 June 2005. Valencia. University of Valencia - La Nau Building
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Series on Valencia’s Estación del Norte
To mark the station’s centenary and complement the exhibition on the same subject, the Cátedra worked with the Ateneo Mercantil de Valencia to organise a series of lectures on various aspects of the station and the figure of Demetrio Ribes, its architect
- Estación del Norte: una joya modernista de la vertiente vienesa en València. Given by María Mestre Martí. 01 June 2017.
See event - Estación de ferrocarriles de la Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte en València. Una lección de arquitectura. Given by Aurora Martínez Corral, 8 June 2017.
See event - Demetrio Ribes, arquitectura e ingeniería: concepción, estilo, materiales y espacio. Given by Luis Arciniega García, 15 June 2017.
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Series of conferences on public works heritage
These conferences, organised in partnership with the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana, aimed to encourage attendees to discover and reflect on engineering heritage activities from various perspectives.
- Jornada Patrimonio de la obra pública y criterios de restauración: Ingeniería del agua, Valencia, 30 July 2012, Colegio de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana.
Download leaflet - Jornada Patrimonio de la obra pública y criterios de restauración: Grandes Estaciones del siglo XXI. Reinventando el centro de la ciudad, Valencia, 20 October 2009, Colegio de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana.
Download leaflet - Jornada Patrimonio de la obra pública y criterios de restauración: Los puentes históricos, Valencia, 16 October 2007, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos.
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Master’s degrees and other courses
The Cátedra helps to train new researchers by regularly taking part in the Inter-University Master’s Degree in History of Art and Visual Culture (UV-UJI), coordinated by the University of Valencia, and in over 50 other Master’s and other courses organised by other national and international universities and institutions.
University extension courses. University of València
During the academic years 2003–2004 and 2010–2011, the Cátedra took part in and directed 13 university extension courses through the University of Valencia’s Office for University Extension and Society Outreach. Each ten-hour course was worth one credit and looked at the following themes:
• The architecture of the engineer Iron as a constructive system
• The industrial landscape in contemporary Valencian society
• The art of construction and public works in the Valencian Community. Antiquity and the Middle Ages
• Art in construction and public works in the Valencian Community. The early modern period